SOAKING FRUITS FOR CARIBBEAN RUM CAKE AKA BLACK CAKE /CHRISTMAS CAKE

[@elainemclean5919]

Thanks for the tip with the prune seed

[@michelinegattereau8780]

I really appreciate the time you took to detail all the ingredients. Great video. Thank you

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you and please check description box which I have updated!

[@reginakarim5007]

Hi my wonderful family,thanks for sharing this video,I will definitely save it,a blissful weekend

[@gissellemillington1202]

Love it ❤ just like my great grandma and my grandma too. I remembered when she used to bake our Christmas cake 😍 hello from Panama.

[@robertlee8862]

Wow, now I have learned how to soaked the fruits with rum and red wine ! Excellent information 👍🙏😀

[@Kenton-Habiba]

You’re welcome! Happy baking! 🎄

[@sandrae.morgan-gardner8783]

Awesome! I soak the fruits and literally picked the stem from the raisins. Then I steam, then blend with port wine, red label and white rum

[@wandemos5864]

Nice learned a lot of new things. Well done Habiba!

[@user-tz5pv6ih7m]

Thank you for the video. Presoaking the fruit is something I haven't seen before. Much appreciated.🙂

[@Kenton-Habiba]

You are so welcome 🤗

[@lesleysalman3096]

I watched your channel, I was so intrigued, I never tried black cake before.thank your for the tutorial 🎉🎄⛄

[@stephenholloway2889]

I love Caribbean people. Always happy and jolly. I'm from the depressing UK and I have a Caribbean friend. She always cheers me. I love to make celebration cakes usually with the traditional brandy but rum sounds great. As long as it's not your famous 90% proof stuff. Thank you.

[@annharradan4316]

Hi Habiba enjoyed watching you put your fruits to soak real Caribbean style Grandfather will be proud of you pudding looks good enjoyed the vlog Trinidad 🇹🇹 ❤ 😀

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you so much 😊 appreciate you watching!

[@FAYSBOKIYA_TV]

I wish you more brilliance and success, a channel at the level worth watching, videos worth watching, welcome to Morocco Inside a Moroccan market with European products, a wonderful commodity, the merchandise of the poor and needy

[@Amazing.AsiaDigital]

Thank you so much! Gonna make this for the New Year!

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you for watching! 😋Don’t forget to save this video to your favorites so you can find it easily next year. For exact measurements and recipes to make your Fruit cake/ Black cake/ Rum Cake/ wedding cake/ Christmas Cake/holiday cake LINK in DESCRIPTION BOX! Any questions you have about how to make variations to the original recipe answered! In other words instructions to make an alcohol free version or vegan option or Gluten-free version or even a sugar free version. Tips and tricks not in the original video added. Ps I have also tagged the fruit which can be ordered online and delivered to you. ( Raisins, prunes, currants , cherries) in case they are not available in your area. see belowvideo title.

[@krisanncaine2669]

Why have you hidden the black cake recipe video?

[@aleciahyman4426]

@@krisanncaine2669 I tried looking for it too!

[@aleciahyman4426]

Hi habiba. Why can’t we find the video baking the cakes? I saved it last year but I can’t seem to find it now. Would really like it as I use only your recipe

[@lisacromwellmunroe8935]

I use dark rum and cherry wine.

[@jacqulineloncke8696]

Thanks you for sharing with me 💯 💙 💚 😊 ☺ 😘 💯 💙

[@chachab9239]

Been waiting for this one. 😊

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you! Hope you watch the videos in the series. On my home page is a playlist for Caribbean fruit cake/Christmas cake.

[@butterpecan5814]

I am enjoying this video ❤❤

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you 😊

[@priscils6642]

Hi Habiba. Perfect timing. My Sister in London who does excellent Black cakes is visiting me in the US for Christmas. She gave me the list of items to purchase & soak. I had a hard time finding port wine. Finally, found the Taylor brand & will soak fruit on weekend. Looking forward to your other videos in this series 🥰👍🏽

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Awesome 👏🏽 I hope your cakes come out well and thank you for watching!

[@aleciahyman4426]

@@Kenton-Habiba I can’t seem to find your video anymore, if you baking the cakes. Can you upload it again please?

[@reginakarim5007]

Always like to eat black cake

[@Elle9228000]

Never seen anyone use maraschino cherries in their soaked fruits before, I have always seen glazed cherries used since it’s a firmer texture 🤔 interesting I am sure it gives a different taste.

[@allisonpantin1526]

Thanks for sharing. In Trinidad (How my mum showed me) we would use a hand mill to grind the fruits and then add the rum. Now the blender is used and yes look out for those prune pits. We use Sherry Brandy (similar to Taylor's but not as strong) and Rum. It's made 3 months or more before baking, but these days weeks before is just as good and the longer you leave it to soak the better. Looking forward to the actual cake making session ❤

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you for sharing how you and your mum make it . Yes sherry brandy is a great alternative as well . I will definitely be uploading the cake session soon 😅

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you for sharing how you and your mum make it . Yes sherry brandy is a great alternative as well . I will definitely be uploading the cake session soon 😅

[@TheCrystallorraine]

Thank you for sharing!

[@FAYSBOKIYA_TV]

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[@stayblessed584]

This reminds me of a recipe I saw for black pudding from the UK. Very similar

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Interesting 😀 Yes as you may already know the Caribbean Fruit cake gets it origins from the British plum pudding.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Interesting 😀 Yes as you may already know the Caribbean Fruit cake historically gets it origins from the British plum pudding.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Interesting 😀 Yes as you may already know the Caribbean Fruit cake historically gets it origins from the British plum pudding.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Interesting 😀 Yes as you may already know the Caribbean Fruit cake historically gets it origins from the British plum pudding.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Interesting 😀 Yes as you may already know the Caribbean Fruit cake historically gets it origins from the British plum pudding.

[@deivrasears9163]

Fantastic

[@taralalla50]

I wish I could taste your cake.I love fruit cake.Too much work to make so I'll settle for a store bought one.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

I hope you get to make this one day . Yes it can be a lot of work but it tastes so much better than the store bought versions which tend to look nice but have less fruit and wine but more color and preservatives . I thought about selling cakes again with in the USA 🇺🇸 but bulk cake making and dealing with packaging and shipping is a little too much for me now . 😅 I can only handle making a few cakes at a time .

[@elizabethnovak4088]

Thanks for your video, don't forget to mention, that Port is a very sweet dessert fruity wine...Port is diffrent from normal red wine...

[@VanassaHarrison-po7qx]

The glaze cherry is the one to use.

[@charlesking415]

As a purist I don't want nothing in black cake but raisins and prunes...no lemon/orange rinds or maraschino cherries...and those damn green things

[@smellslikemachinespirit4255]

How do you think Captain Morgan spiced rum would be in this cake? Ive never had this type of cake nor made one but I want to make one, but love Captain Morgan. Curious if you think that would be the wrong flavor profile. TIA😊

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Personal preference. Try it. It will likely taste good I imagine (- "

[@Ava-oc1dg]

I bought a bottle of sweet wine. Mascoto. Anyway it’s what I have. Is three weeks enough? Should I boil the. Fruits first since I only have three weeks?

[@amandajones6481]

Hello lovely lady, I loved watching your video on Black Cake. I wish we had smell-a-vision so we could smell the delicious fruit you have soaking in booze in your kitchen. It looks beautiful and I'm sure that it tastes even better. I've just bought a bottle of spiced dark rum to soak my dried fruit in this year for Christmas, but I've left it a bit late. Should I put the rum and fruit in a saucepan and bring it to the boil so that the fruit soaks up the rum more quickly, or can I just soak the fruit in the rum for a couple of weeks? Thanks again, love from Amanda in Australia P.S. The glace peel we get here in Australia is really awful, so do you know how I can make my own?

[@Kenton-Habiba]

I think you can soak the fruit without boiling it since you have several weeks till Christmas time. I have updated the description box so you can get more details for your next cake!

[@meb4142]

I’m having a hard time trying to find cherries not soaked in HFCS ( high fructose corn syrup)

[@TheKitchenTherapy_]

Where do you store in fridge or dark area ?

[@Kenton-Habiba]

The fruit can be stored in a cool dark place for up to a year. If you want to put it in the fridge you can but it is not necessary. Remember the strong Jamaican rum + the wine act like a preservative and are also anti microbial if lid is kept airtight. It does not spoil as long as the fruit are covered in the alcohol.

[@donnamayoh1196]

My fruits have been soaking for almost two month now. I have a very similar glass jar to your one gallon container. I noticed that you used parchment paper under the metal lid. What is your reason for doing this? Also do you have to stir or shake the fruit in the jar every once in awhile, or can you let them sit undisturbed?

[@suebob16]

I have two 1-quart jars of soaked fruit that have been sitting in my pantry for about 2 years. It was going to be my first time trying to make the black fruitcake but life got in the way and I haven't used it so far. It has been in the pantry all this time and has not been refrigerated. Would the mixture still be okay to use even if it wasn't refrigerated? Is it normally required to do so?

[@Ava-oc1dg]

Go on and get baking. Every year I say I’m going to make a black fruit cake. But God willing this year I will. I only have three weeks to soak my fruits. You’re ahead of the game. Get going🤣🤣🤣💚✌🏽Good luck.

[@verasagoe4900]

Please how many days do you have to soak your fruits??

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Weeks or even months! Link in description box for more details. Cake book with answers to every question answered you have about making Black cake/ Caribbean fruit cake

[@Ava-oc1dg]

I watched a video where the lady boiled her fruits before soaking them and she said she could use it the next day. I might do both. It’s Dec 2,2024 so I have three weeks.

[@donnamayoh1196]

Do you store the soaked fruits at room temperature?

[@Kenton-Habiba]

I store the soaked fruit in a cool room or closet and sometimes I do store them in the fridge if I have room. Remember Alcohol is a preservative plus the sugars from the fruit..

[@donnamayoh1196]

@@Kenton-Habiba Thank you. I have mine in a dark cupboard. It’s in a 3 litre glass mason jar. It is heavy with all the fruit and two bottles of alcohol. Great full it can be stored in a reasonably cool, dark place. I’m looking forward to making my first Caribbean fruit cake. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@shanaepoint3521]

I want to leave mine to soak for 1 year, do I put it in the fridge or leave it out?

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Either. Save in a dark place in your cabinets or in the fridge. As long as fruit is covered with sufficient alcohol it 😅serves as a preservative.

[@shanaepoint3521]

Okay thank you

[@jacquelinesmith3450]

Don’t laugh at me, but I curious to know: when you’re soaking fruit for a year is it refrigerated?

[@Kenton-Habiba]

No problem 😅 Alcohol is a preservative and as long as the jar is airtight it doesn’t need refrigeration. Usually it is kept in a dark cabinet; however if you feel more comfortable you can place jar in the fridge . Currently I have a few jars in my back fridge.

[@ollie4947]

💕💕💕💕💕

[@waniyafarooqvlogs9815]

Delicious

[@minastacey4456]

💕😋💕

[@SentimentalCrab]

I should NOT be watching this video at this hour. I wanted to bite that cherry you dangled at the camera 😂 Great video. Even the prunes look yummy. I know people eat them for the obvious, but I actually like them just because.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

🤣😋

[@rositaghanie4517]

Maraschino cherries are not American. They are the Marasca cherries from the former Yogoslavia and Northern Italy. Soaked in Maraschino liqueur which came from Croatia. At the time 200 years ago was part of Venetian Republic.

[@Kenton-Habiba]

I do not dispute Maraschino cherries are not originally American. We still call them "American Cherries"

[@swannoir7949]

You just had to be a Karen, feeling the need to 'educate' somebody. And honestly, who cares? Where she's from, they call them American cherries, because that's where they come from -- America.

[@MarcKemp-q6n]

I don't drink either..i cook with it.

[@lenavassell7260]

You are supose to wash the raisens and the currants and dry them before soaking the

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Not neccessary if the product is bought in the USA .

[@swannoir7949]

I've never seen anyone wash their raisins or any fruit when making fruit cakes. You are being snarky, because they are a people who wash their meats. You probably don't use a wash cloth when you wash.

[@lenavassell7260]

That is the reason I don't eat any one black cake because they only soak the fruit they don't wash the fruits

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Let me remind you #1 I live in the USA and the quality of dried raisins, currants etc sold here do not require “washing “ before use. #2. Even if the fruit were “dirty” you realize no bacteria in this world would survive soaking in strong Jamaican rum + wine. Dilute alcohol is an antiseptic & anti microbial- not only can it kill germs when it comes to the fruit and the cake it works like a preservative. #3 if you want to wash your dried fruit depending on where you are getting them from- that’s up to you but I have never seen my Jamaican family in America do that.

[@emmaveronicacosiotorres6541]

Traductor español

[@emmaveronicacosiotorres6541]

Por favor me puedes dar la receta en español

[@rosemariecharles3067]

I don't make black cake my sister usually do so I will get from her that's the way she does it the only thing different she grinds her fruits with a mill the old time way🇹🇹

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Thank you for sharing and commenting! Yes a lot of people still use the mill method or blend the fruit before soaking it .

[@MarcKemp-q6n]

I'm not fond of the cheap American rums ..that don''t even fit the legal definition. I might use some GF brandy instead. I should have started a month ago. But I just saw the fruit in the store and thought of it.

[@philo441]

Enough of the jar. Please get to the ingredients part please

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Patience my dear. Keep in mind not everyone is on the same level. Others need more details. All you had to do was forward the video to the information you were looking for. Ps link in description box to written instructions.

[@philo441]

@Kenton-Habiba I know. I'm sorry. I was in the fruits section of the store lol. Gonna make it tonight

[@Kenton-Habiba]

@@philo441 Ok good luck! Again written instructions for the cake recipe and soaking the fruit plus any detail you wish to know about materials, ingredients, storing or making the cake is in the book. E-book available for download today for under $10 but also Paperback & hardcover available. Link in description box.

[@alleensimon8063]

too much talking...

[@GrannyPp]

uuqeekwih

[@Kenton-Habiba]

Ok. Feel free to place video on mute. I never assume everyone knows everything so I offer as much information as possible. I get alot of questions from different people. Professionally I am used to teaching or educating. Sorry you felt it was too much talking.

[@darlingkueen79]

She wouldnt be jamaican if she didnt chat too much 😂 but hey turn it on mute

[@2centsworth1965]

You’re a chump. Get lost.

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